Dr Alona Armstrong

Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Science, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

Dr Alona Armstrong is a Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Science at Lancaster
University. She sits across Energy Lancaster, a cross-discipline grouping of
energy researchers, and Lancaster Environment Centre. Her research focuses on
the implications of renewables on the hosting landscape, taking a positive
approach to assess how best renewables can be deployed. Alona leads ‘Solar Park
Impacts on Ecosystem Services’, a Natural Environment Research Council grant in
collaboration with stakeholders, that aims to develop a decision-support tool
for regulatory and industry use that promotes ground-mounted solar parks that
are designed, constructed and managed for maximum ecosystem benefits. She has
recently published an article on the impact of solar parks on grasslands